Education foundation sponsors 500 Club

PORTAGE | The Portage Township Education Foundation is sponsoring a 500 Club fundraising monthly drawing.

Portage school officials assure parents of safety

PORTAGE | Portage Township School Board President Glenda Owens' voice crackled at the start of Monday's meeting as she asked for a moment of silence in honor of those killed Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Conn.

PHS play continues through weekend

PORTAGE | Portage High School will extend its run of "The 39 Steps" for two more nights.

Dr. E. Ric Frataccia Speaks to the Portage Exchange Club

PORTAGE | Dr. E. Ric Frataccia, superintendent of Portage Township Schools, addressed the Portage Exchange Club at its September 19 breakfast meeting. He shared information on the state of the Portage Schools and how our children are really performing.

Agencies launching Healthy Portage Starts Here initiative

PORTAGE | If it's up to a partnership of public and private entities, residents here no longer will have an excuse regarding health.

Full-day kindergarten taxes some Portage schools

PORTAGE | At least two elementary schools won't be able to house the increased number of students participating in Portage Township Schools' first year of full-day kindergarten.

Jones school rocks to success

PORTAGE | Jones Elementary School students rocked their gym Tuesday afternoon.

Portage bus driver arrested after allegedly transporting children while drunk

PORTAGE | A Portage woman was arrested Thursday after driving drunk with a school bus full of fifth-graders during a field trip, police said.

MARK KIESLING: It's past time for expenditure policy at PHS

At the risk of sounding too much like a Hoosier, there's nothing like closing the barn door after the horse already has gotten out.

Portage pumpkins getting graded

Portage schools begin registration

PORTAGE | Registration for the 2011-12 Portage Township School year will be July 20 through July 27.

Decision on NorthShore clinic lease due Monday

PORTAGE | The Portage Township School Board should decide when it meets Monday night on the fate of the ownership of the NorthShore Health Centers clinic attached to Portage High School East.